Word: gay
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...While the Museum was waiting for the army to arrive, its director, Dr. Charles Trick Currelly, called the colorful collection "effective anti-war propaganda. . . . Just as in arms and armor the diabolical nature of the whole thing is revealed, so we will show the public how Napoleon's gay uniforms and the romance he drew around war brought entire battalions to their slaughter. . . ." (In 1930 German Nazi collectors of toy soldiers called toy soldiers "the best of all means for fostering thought of preparedness and counteracting the weak-kneed pacifism so prevalent in Germany these days...
Last week the new owner and the future of the Police Gazette were revealed. The owner is Merwil Publishing Co. consisting of Irving & Harry Donenfeld and Mrs. Merle Williams Hersey. Merwil Publishing Co. issues five of the smuttiest magazines on the newsstands-Snappy, Spicy, Gay Parisienne, La Paree, Pep. They consist of sleazy stories, drawings and "art study" photographs of undressed females. Mrs. Hersey edits them...
Last week the new owner and the future of the Police Gazette were revealed. The owner is Merwil Publishing Co. consisting of Irving & Harry Donenfeld and Mrs. Merle Williams Hersey. Merwil Publishing Co. issues five of the smuttiest magazines on the newsstands-Snappy, Spicy, Gay Parisienne, La Paree, Pep. They consist of sleazy stories, drawings and "art study" photographs of undressed females. Mrs. Hersey edits them...
...foreign atmosphere is what you want, and there's even a chance of east wind, try the North End, for often the North End will be skipping around in this salty blessing when the city proper doesn't know it exists. The gay and picturesque "festas" for which the North End is famous are held on week-ends, Friday evening through Sunday, by societies of former residents of various towns and villages in the old country, mostly in Sicily. They celebrate the village's patron saint and include concerts, processions and evening illuminations. The society of San Giueppe di Riesi...
...Gay go up and gay go down To ring the bells of London town . . . "You owe me ten shillings!" Say the bells of St. Helen's. "When will you pay me?" Say the bells of Old Bailey. "When I shall grow rich?" Say the bells of Shot-editch. "Pray when will that be?" Say the bells of Stepnev. "I-DO-NOT-KNOW!" Says the great bell at Bow. - Old jingle...